Dissipative charge transport in diffusive superconducting double-barrier junctions

We solve the coherent multiple Andreev reflection (MAR) problem and calculate current-voltage characteristics (IVCs) for Josephson SINIS junctions, where S are local-equilibrium superconducting reservoirs, I denotes tunnel barriers, and N is a short diffusive normal wire, the length of which is much smaller than the coherence length, and the resistance is much smaller than the resistance of the tunnel barriers. The charge transport regime in such junctions qualitatively depends on a characteristic value gamma = tau(d)Delta of relative phase shifts between the electrons and retroreflected holes accumulated during the dwell time tau(d). In the limit of small electron-hole dephasing gamm